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...He even took stones and tiles from holiday homes that were being demolished, including slabs from the terraces of John S Kennedy, the railway tycoon....
...This sexy bit of economic jargon was first coined by Nomura’s Richard Koo to describe Japan’s lost decade(s), but is most commonly known as “Japanification”....
...Adani Power said it “strongly refute[s]” allegations about the project....
...A shake-up in the English department has resulted in Oh’s Professor Ji-Yoon Kim becoming chair, much to the chagrin of her set-in-their-ways colleagues....
...According to Shanya Amarasuriya, creative director of Singapore’s BP de Silva Jewellers and executive director of BP de Silva Holdings, clients are now willing to pay more than S$50,000 ($37,000) for an...
...Yet even before Covid-19, the start-up had registered losses of S$130m (US$98m) in 2019, up from S$82m a year prior and S$34m in 2017....
...Son Ji-woo, an analyst at SK Securities in Seoul, warned that local refiners would find it difficult to weather the current storage shortages if they persisted for more than a few months....
...Mr Ahn initially apologised and said he was to blame, but now denies the allegation and says the relationship was consensual....
...However, this began to change after Seo Ji-hyun, a prominent lawyer, said in January that she was groped by a high-ranking justice ministry official eight years ago and was demoted after reporting the case...
...What we’re reading The Pessimist — an FT comic A sequel to 2009’s The Optimist, The Pessimist takes a wry look at the decade that has followed the financial crisis....
...Ahn Jae-kwang, 35, a researcher, dismissed the publicity drive as being just for show. “I will remain hostile to North Korea as long as its weapons are directed at us,” he said....
...Early indications suggest Mr Moon garnered more than 41 per cent the vote, defeating his two main rivals — Hong Joon-pyo, a conservative from Ms Park’s party and former provincial governor, and Ahn Cheol-soo...
...Her dismissal has left South Korea in the hands of prime minister Hwang Kyo-ahn ahead of the presidential election pencilled in for May 9....
...Why The back garden was designed by Miria Harris, inspired by the Tofuku-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan....
...There has been a cyber security ETF (with the predictable ticker symbol HACK) since late in 2014, and it has been lagging the S&P since then....
...The launches prompted South Korea’s acting president, Hwang Kyo-ahn, to reiterate Seoul’s commitment to deploying a US-owned missile shield — a prospect that has enraged Beijing....
...Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.3 per cent as shares in miners got a boost....
...She will find it harder to drive her economic agenda,” said Kim Ji-yoon, researcher at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, a think-tank in Seoul....
...market, easing the asset seizure or freight unloading problems, but would fall far short of ensuring the company’s recovery even under court protection, given the amount of its debts and losses,” said Shin Ji-yoon...
...The deal could be positive for Lotte in terms of securing a stepping stone in the US, but its shares were weighed down by concerns that the acquisition price could be much higher than expected,” said Lee Ji-Yeon...
...Hwang Kyo-ahn, prime minister, on Friday visited Seongju to explain the decision, only to be met with jeers from protesters, while his security team were pelted with eggs and water bottles....
...However, Shin Ji-yoon, an analyst at KTB Securities, said KAL is “struggling to battle with [budget carriers] in routes to Japan, China and Southeast Asia.”...
...S-Oil, owned by Saudi Aramco, is investing in building port terminals for petroleum storage....
...“The outbreak has had a significant impact on the country both politically and economically,” said Kim Ji-yoon, a researcher at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies....
...In her home village on Jeju’s south coast I meet Chae Ji-ae, 31, one of only a handful of haenyeo from her generation....
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